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  <h1>Overriding or Removing Resource Ignore Patterns</h1>
  <p>After you have added global file-matching patterns to the list of files to be ignored for version management, you
  may wish to occasionally override the "ignore".</p>
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    <li>Open the <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.team.ui.IgnorePreferences)")'>
    <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Team &gt; Ignored
    Resources</b></a> preference page.</li>
    <li>To temporarily override one or more of the file-matching patterns, clear their checkboxes.</li>
    <li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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  <p>Files that match the patterns you have deselected will be considered for version control.</p>
  <p>To permanently remove a pattern, select it and click <b>Remove</b>.</p>
  <h3 class="related">Related Tasks</h3><a href="tasks-100d.htm">Version control life cycle: adding and ignoring
  resources</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-100d1.htm">Creating a global ignore pattern</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-115.htm">Synchronizing with the repository</a>
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